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Young Life Military/Club Beyond
Sending Kids to Camp
THE NEED:
Kid issues include poverty, corruption, hunger, and lack of resources in natural disasters. Young people are caught in the middle of this crisis. They are looking for role models and seeking answers to their suffering and needs. Many turn to gangs or prostitution for survival.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
300,000 US teens have a parent who serves active duty in the military. This group of teenagers move an average of seven times during their school age years and are at a greater risk for substance abuse, declining school performance, and other risky behaviors including 60% higher suicide attempts than their civilian peers. Two-thirds of military kids plan to serve in the military compared to 1-in-10 adolescents in the general population who plan to serve. For military families, housing and relocation costs along with spouse unemployment / underemployment are the top contributors to their financial stress. As a result, most of our military teens (87%) cannot attend camp without a scholarship opportunity.
THE PLAN:
To provide three partial scholarships for military teens to go to Young Life camp.
Expected Outcomes:
Camp scholarships will provide a life-changing opportunity at camp, where three military teens can experience unconditional love, hear the Gospel in a relational setting, and build a faith foundation that can sustain them through the unique challenges of military life.
Stronger faith connections among military teens lead to healthier families, deeper community support, and improved resilience for military life.
